Booklet



Patented Dec. 15d, 1925.`

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BOOKLET.

Application filed May 10, 1924. Serial No. 712,379.

T all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. MARSHALL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, hav-e invented new and useful Improvements in Booklets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto a booklet and has for its primary object the construction of a booklet which may be more readily sent through the mails without the possibility of mutilation.

An object of the invention is the construction of a booklet which will have its leaves secured together in a manner that the contents may be readily inspected by the postal authorities.

' Besides the above my invention is dis tinguished in the feature of securing the ordinarily free edges of the booklet in a manner that said edges may be readily freed upon tearing the booklet in a predetermined direction.

W'ith these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the booklet.

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the tearing operation.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing and more particularly to Figures 1, 2 and 3 it will beseen that the booklet consists of a plurality of leaves which are permanently secured together at a point 2 with the normally free edges 3 secured together by the stitching 4. This stitching extends across the leaves a predetermined distance from the ends of the leaves so as to divide the leaves into a body portion 5 and tab portion 6. Thus it will be seen that the lea-ves are held together and when the leaves are to be inspected it is only necessary to sever the tab G from the body by tearing the leaves from the body along the stitching.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be apparent that I provide a booklet vwhich may be readily `sent through the mail in such a manner to assure the booklet against damage while at the same time allow same to be properly inspected and when the booklet reaches its destination it is only necessary by a simple operation to allow the pages to be readily viewed.

It is, of course, to be understood that the booklet may be constructed in various other manners and the pages arranged in other relations, therefore, I do not desire to be llimited in any manner except as set forth in the claim hereunto appended.

Having` thus described my invention what I claim is: f

A booklet comprising a series of leaflets :folded upon themselves, means permanently connecting the leaves at their folded portions and a rowof stitching` extended transversely across the leaves adjacent their normally free edges whereby to permit ready removal of the ends on the line of stitching.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

GEORGE M. MARSHALL. 

